47 Notable alumni of
N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute

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N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute is 644th in the world, 237th in Europe, and 16th in Russia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 47 notable alumni from N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Anatoly Chubais

    Anatoly Chubais
    Born in
    Belarus Flag Belarus
    Years
    1955-.. (age 71)
    Enrolled in N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute
    Studied in 2002
    Occupations
    economistbusinesspersonpolitician
    Biography

    Anatoly Borisovich Chubais is a Russian-Israeli politician and economist who was responsible for privatization in Russia as an influential member of Boris Yeltsin's administration in the early 1990s. During this period, he was a key figure in introducing a market economy and the principles of private ownership to Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation. He fled to Israel in 2022 and subsequently obtained Israeli citizenship.

  2. Li Peng

    Li Peng
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1928-2019 (aged 91)
    Enrolled in N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute
    Studied in 1954
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Li Peng was a Chinese politician who served as the premier of China from 1987 to 1998, and as the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislative body, from 1998 to 2003. For much of the 1990s Li was ranked second in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) hierarchy behind then CCP General Secretary Jiang Zemin. He retained his seat on the CCP Politburo Standing Committee until his retirement in 2002.

  3. Alexander Akimov

    Alexander Akimov
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1953-1986 (aged 33)
    Occupations
    technicianChernobyl liquidatorChernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
    Biography

    Aleksandr Fyodorovich Akimov was a Soviet engineer who was the supervisor of the shift that worked at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Reactor Unit 4 on the night of the Chernobyl disaster, 26 April 1986.

  4. Ion Iliescu

    Ion Iliescu
    Born in
    Romania Flag Romania
    Years
    1930-2025 (aged 95)
    Occupations
    design engineernon-fiction writerrevolutionarywriterengineer
    Biography

    Ion Iliescu was a Romanian politician and engineer who served as the first and the third President of Romania since the country's transition to democracy. He occupied the office from 1990 until 1996 and again from 2000 until 2004. Iliescu was also a senator for the Social Democratic Party (PSD), which he founded and where he became the honorary president for the rest of his life.

  5. Sergei Khrushchev

    Sergei Khrushchev
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1935-2020 (aged 85)
    Occupations
    academicwriterhistorianpolitical scientistengineer
    Biography

    Sergei Nikitich Khrushchev was a Soviet-born American engineer and the second son of the Cold War-era Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev with his wife Nina Petrovna Khrushcheva. He moved to the United States in 1991 and became a naturalized American citizen.

  6. Ella Pamfilova

    Ella Pamfilova
    Born in
    Uzbekistan Flag Uzbekistan
    Years
    1953-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    engineerpolitician
    Biography

    Ella Alexanderovna Pamfilova is a Russian politician, former deputy of the State Duma, candidate for president in 2000 and former chairwoman (2004 - 2010) of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights. On 18 March 2014, she became Russia's Commissioner for Human Rights, succeeding Vladimir Lukin. On 28 March 2016, she became the chairwoman of the Central Election Commission.

  7. Sergey Lisovskiy

    Sergey Lisovskiy
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1960-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    television presenterstatespersonbusinesspersonpolitician
    Biography

    Sergey Fedorovich Lisovsky is a Russian politician, who was a member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation in 2004–2020, a representative of the Kurgan Regional Duma. TV host channel RBC TV. In the past - the entrepreneur. Candidate of Philology (2000). Member of the General Council of the party United Russia. It is one of the pioneers of the Russian social and political advertisements and an acknowledged expert on the contemporary electoral technologies.

  8. Timur Kizyakov

    Timur Kizyakov
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1967-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    television presenter
    Biography

    Timur Borisovich Kizyakov is a Russian TV host, host of the program While Еveryone is Нome (Channel One Russia).

  9. Alexey Ananenko

    Alexey Ananenko
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1969-.. (age 57)
    Enrolled in N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute
    Studied in 1977-1983
    Occupations
    engineerChernobyl liquidator
    Biography

    Oleksiy Mykhailovych Ananenko is a Ukrainian mechanical engineer who worked at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

  10. Vladimir Markin

    Vladimir Markin
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1959-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    composersinger-songwriterpianistguitaristpresenter
    Biography

    Vladimir Nikolaevich Markin is a Russian pop singer, entrepreneur, composer, songwriter.

  11. Roman Avdeev

    Roman Avdeev
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1967-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    banker
    Biography

    Roman Ivanovich Avdeev is a Russian businessman, investor, and philanthropist. In 2018, his fortune was estimated at $1.5 billion.

  12. Vladimir Holstinin

    Vladimir Holstinin
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1958-.. (age 68)
    Occupations
    record producerguitaristcomposer
    Biography

    Vladimir Petrovich Holstinin is a Russian guitarist. He is one of the founding members of heavy metal band Aria.

  13. Sergey Smirnov

    Sergey Smirnov
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1915-1976 (aged 61)
    Occupations
    television presenterwriterhistorianpublic figureradio personality
    Biography

    Sergey Sergeyevich Smirnov was a Soviet writer, a historian, a radio- and TV-presenter, a public figure, a Lenin Prize winner (1965). He was a member of the RCP(b) since 1946.

  14. Boris Chertok

    Boris Chertok
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1912-2011 (aged 99)
    Occupations
    university teachermilitary flight engineer
    Biography

    Boris Yevseyevich Chertok was a Russian engineer in the former Soviet space program, mainly working in control systems, and later found employment in Roscosmos.

  15. Georgy Boos

    Georgy Boos
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1963-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    businesspersonpolitician
    Biography

    Georgy Valentinovich Boos is a Russian businessman and politician who served as the governor of Kaliningrad Oblast from 2005 to 2010.

  16. Vladimir Kotelnikov

    Vladimir Kotelnikov
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1908-2005 (aged 97)
    Enrolled in N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute
    Studied in 1930
    Occupations
    mathematicianastronomerengineerpolitician
    Biography

    Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kotelnikov was an information theory and radar astronomy pioneer from the Soviet Union. He was elected a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Department of Technical Science (radio technology) in 1953. From 30 July 1973 to 25 March 1980 Kotelnikov served as chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR.

  17. Yaroslav Nilov

    Yaroslav Nilov
    Born in
    Moldova Flag Moldova
    Years
    1982-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    politician
    Biography

    Yaroslav Yevgenyevich Nilov is a Russian politician and deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation. He chairs the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans' Affairs. He is a member of the populist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia.

  18. Andrey Korkunov

    Andrey Korkunov
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1962-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Andrey Korkunov or Andrei Nikolaevich Korkunov is a Russian entrepreneur. He was a rocket scientist but he was noted for founding the A. Korkunov Chocolate Manufacturing Company, one of the largest confectionery companies in Russia and considered the only producer of high-end chocolates in the country. Korkunov is also an investor.

  19. Peng Shilu

    Peng Shilu
    Born in
    China Flag China
    Years
    1925-2021 (aged 96)
    Enrolled in N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute
    1956-1958 studied nuclear power
    Occupations
    nuclear engineer
    Biography

    Peng Shilu was a Chinese nuclear engineer. Hailed as "the father of China's nuclear submarines" and the "father of China's naval nuclear propulsion", he was the first chief designer of the country's nuclear submarine project, directing his team to build China's first generation of nuclear submarines (Type 091 and Type 092). He was also the main designer for China's first nuclear power plants, and was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He served as deputy minister for China's Ministry of Shipbuilding Industry, and Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power.

  20. Sergey Filatov

    Sergey Filatov
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1936-2023 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    electrical engineercivil servantpolitician
    Biography

    Sergey Alexandrovich Filatov was a Russian statesman, who was the chief of Russian presidential executive office from 1993 to 1996, during the Boris Yeltsin's first term.

  21. Andrei Kosogov

    Andrei Kosogov
    Born in
    Estonia Flag Estonia
    Years
    1961-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    entrepreneur
    Biography

    Andrei Kosogov is a Russian businessman. He is a co-founder of the international investment firm LetterOne.

  22. Vladimir Veksler

    Vladimir Veksler
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1907-1966 (aged 59)
    Occupations
    nuclear physicistphysicist
    Biography

    Vladimir Iosifovich Veksler was a Soviet experimental physicist who invented the microtron. He was head of the Nuclear Physics Department of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.

  23. Bashir Rameyev

    Bashir Rameyev
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1918-1994 (aged 76)
    Enrolled in N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute
    Studied in 1938
    Occupations
    computer scientistengineer
    Biography

    Bashir Iskandarovich Rameev was a Soviet inventor and scientist, one of the founders of Soviet computing, author of 23 patents, including the first patent in the field of electronic computers officially registered in the USSR—a patent for the Automatic Electronic Digital Machine (1948). Rameev's inventions paved the way for the development of a new field in Soviet science—electronic computing—and for the formation of a new branch of industry that supported it.

  24. Nikolay Brusentsov

    Nikolay Brusentsov
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1925-2014 (aged 89)
    Enrolled in N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute
    Studied in 1947-1952
    Occupations
    computer scientistengineerinventordesign engineer
    Biography

    Nikolay Petrovich Brusentsov was a computer scientist, most famous for having built a (balanced) ternary computer, Setun, together with Sergei Sobolev in 1958. In 1970 he designed Setun 70, implementing principles which were later proposed for the RISC architecture independently. He died on 4 December 2014.

  25. Ilya Kazakov

    Ilya Kazakov
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1972-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    presenterwriterjournalist
    Biography

    lya Arkadievich Kazakov; 3 August 1972, Kaliningrad, Moscow Oblast) is a Russian football commentator, TV presenter, journalist, author and former press attaché of the Russian national football team (2005-2015). He was the Ambassador for 2018 FIFA World Cup host city Saransk.

  26. Əli Abbasov

    Əli Abbasov
    Born in
    Azerbaijan Flag Azerbaijan
    Years
    1953-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    computer scientistpoliticianuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Ali Abbasov Mammad oglu was the Minister of Communications and Information Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan between 2004 and 2015.

  27. Rumen Ovcharov

    Rumen Ovcharov
    Born in
    Bulgaria Flag Bulgaria
    Years
    1952-.. (age 74)
    Enrolled in N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute
    Studied in 1984
    Occupations
    economistengineerphysicistpolitician
    Biography

    Rumen Stoyanov Ovtcharov is a Bulgarian politician, engineer, physicist and economist. He was a member of the National Parliament on four occasions and was the Minister of the Economy and Energy between 17 August 2005 and 18 July 2007.

  28. Oleg Ivanovsky

    Oleg Ivanovsky
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1922-2014 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    engineermilitary flight engineer
    Biography

    Oleg Genrikhovich Ivanovsky was a Russian engineer in the former Soviet space program who played a pioneering role in spacecraft construction.

  29. Samvel Kocharyants

    Samvel Kocharyants
    Born in
    Armenia Flag Armenia
    Years
    1909-1993 (aged 84)
    Enrolled in N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute
    Studied in 1937
    Occupations
    electrical engineer
    Biography

    Samvel Grigorievich Kocharyants was a Soviet Armenian designer and developer of the first Soviet nuclear warheads for ballistic missiles. He was awarded Hero of Socialist Labor twice.

  30. Vladimir Kirillin

    Vladimir Kirillin
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1913-1999 (aged 86)
    Occupations
    thermophysicistpoliticianphysicist
    Biography

    Vladimir Alekseyevich Kirillin was a Soviet physicist specializing in energetics and thermophysics and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, as well as a Soviet party official.

  31. Nikolay Rogalev

    Nikolay Rogalev
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1962-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    scientist
    Biography

    Nikolay Dmirtievich Rogalev is a Russian scientist and energetics researcher. Rector of Moscow Power Engineering Institute (MPEI) since 2013.

  32. M. P. Parameswaran

    M. P. Parameswaran
    Born in
    India Flag India
    Years
    1935-.. (age 91)
    Enrolled in N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute
    In 1965 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in nuclear engineering
    Occupations
    physicistengineer
    Biography

    M. P. Parameswaran is an Indian nuclear engineer and educationist, who played an important role in the Indian nuclear programme. In 2022, he was honoured with Kerala Sree Award, third highest civilian award given by the Government of Kerala.

  33. Sergei Treshchov

    Sergei Treshchov
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1958-.. (age 68)
    Enrolled in N.R.U. Moscow Power Engineering Institute
    Studied in 1976-1982
    Occupations
    engineeraircraft pilotastronaut
    Biography

    Sergey Yevgenyevich Treshchov is a former cosmonaut of the RSC Energia. He spent 184 days in space as a flight engineer of the International Space Station long duration Expedition 5 crew. During the mission he also conducted a spacewalk.

  34. Yuri Kasparov

    Yuri Kasparov
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1955-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    music educatorcomposer
    Biography

    Yuri Sergeyevich Kasparov is a Russian composer, music teacher and a professor at the Moscow Conservatory where he had studied for his doctorate under Edison Denisov. Under the patronage of Denisov, he founded the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble in 1990 and is its artistic director. He is the chairman of the Russian section of the International Society for Contemporary Music.

  35. Vladimir Matyukhin

    Vladimir Matyukhin
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1945-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    director
    Biography

    Vladimir Matyukhin is a Russian general.

  36. Viktor Potapov

    Viktor Potapov
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1947-2017 (aged 70)
    Occupations
    skipper
    Biography

    Viktor Yakovlevich Potapov was a Soviet and Russian sailor. He won a bronze medal in the Finn class at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

  37. Vladimir Lavrov

    Vladimir Lavrov
    Years
    1919-2011 (aged 92)
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    Vladimir Sergeyevich Lavrov was a Russian diplomat and ambassador of the Soviet Union.

  38. Anatoly Lavrentiev

    Anatoly Lavrentiev
    Years
    1904-1984 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    diplomat
    Biography

    Anatoly Iosifovich Lavrentiev was a Soviet diplomat. He served as the head of the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the Russian SFSR in the Soviet government from 8 March 1944 to 13 March 1946. He was a member of the CPSU (b).

  39. Michael Roth

    Michael Roth
    Born in
    Slovakia Flag Slovakia
    Years
    1936-2019 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    engineer
    Biography

    Michael Roth was a German engineer and professor of automation, specializing in microprocessor technology, computer science and sociology as well as philosophy of science. He was one of the pioneers in the area of computer engineering in Germany.

  40. Victor Brailovsky

    Victor Brailovsky
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1935-.. (age 91)
    Occupations
    mathematicianpolitician
    Biography

    Dr Victor Brailovsky is an Israeli computer scientist, mathematician, aliyah activist and former politician. He served as Minister of Science and Technology for six days in 2004. In May 1986 Brailovsky was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree from the Open University in England.

  41. Vadim Gushchin

    Vadim Gushchin
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1963-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    photographer
    Biography

    Vadim Gushchin is a Russian art-photographer.

  42. Valentin Balakhnichev

    Valentin Balakhnichev
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1949-2026 (aged 77)
    Occupations
    athletics competitorcoach
    Biography

    Valentin Vasilyevich Balakhnichev was a Russian engineer and athletics coach and a president of the All-Russia Athletic Federation. After investigations into corruption involving performance enhancing drug testing, Balakhnichev was banned for life by the IAAF.

  43. Vladimir Sukhomlin

    Vladimir Sukhomlin
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1945-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    computer scientist
    Biography

    Vladimir Sukhomlin is a Russian computer scientist, Dr.Sc., Professor, a professor at the Faculty of Computer Science at the Moscow State University.

  44. Isaac Elishakoff

    Isaac Elishakoff
    Born in
    Georgia Flag Georgia
    Years
    1944-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    mathematicianmechanical engineerengineer
    Biography

    Isaac Elishakoff is an Israeli-American engineer who is Distinguished Research Professor in the Ocean and Mechanical Engineering Department in the Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. He is a recognized figure in the area of theoretical and applied mechanics. He has made seminal contributions in the areas of random vibrations, structural reliability, solid mechanics of composite materials, semi-inverse problems of vibrations and stability, functionally graded material structures, optimization and anti-optimization of structures under uncertainty, and carbon nanotubes.

  45. Yakov Rozval

    Yakov Rozval
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1932-2015 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    inventor
    Biography

    Rozval Yakov Borisovich – Soviet, and subsequently, Russian engineer, chief designer of the Soviet-wide Scientific Research Institute of TV and radio broadcasting, Honored Inventor of the RSFSR, Honorary radioman.

  46. Yury Komarov

    Yury Komarov
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1945-.. (age 81)
    Occupations
    businessperson
    Biography

    Yury Alexandrovich Komarov is a Russian businessman.

  47. Valeri F. Venda

    Valeri F. Venda
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1937-.. (age 89)
    Occupations
    psychologist
    Biography

    Valerii Fedorovich Venda is a Soviet and Russian psychologist, engineer, and designer. His main research areas are perception (or apperception) and cognition, the connection (attachment) between anatomical (structural) perceptual information and complex thoughts, which includes, problem solving; the process of mutual adaptation and transitions in general systems theory, the psychology of engineering and ergonomics; systems of hybrid intellect, and ergodynamics.